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it will cost south carolina $1 million. but if you live in nebraska, it doesn't cost you a damn dime because that's what it took to get a vote. if that's change we can believe in, count me out. and if that's okay with the american people, i can tell you our best days are behind us. insurance companies in nebraska got a deal that no other insurance company in the nation got. physicians-owned hospitals in nebraska got a deal nobody else got. louisiana got millions of dollars to help with their medicaid problems that nobody else got. if you want your country to be run in a more businesslike fashion, then you need to speak up. you've got a chance between now and sometime in january, when this goes back to the house, to let your voice be heard. so to my good friend from nevada, the special deals in this bill are not special. they are the same old crap that we've been putting wup for decades -- putting up with for decades up here and people thought was going to come to an end. and it's going to hurt your children's ability to hav
it will cost south carolina $1 million. but if you live in nebraska, it doesn't cost you a damn dime because that's what it took to get a vote. if that's change we can believe in, count me out. and if that's okay with the american people, i can tell you our best days are behind us. insurance companies in nebraska got a deal that no other insurance company in the nation got. physicians-owned hospitals in nebraska got a deal nobody else got. louisiana got millions of dollars to help with their...
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brown of south carolina. the multinational species conservation funds support conservation activities in a wide range of countries to protect, recover or restore threatened and endangered species. specifically tigers, rhineos, african elephants, asian elephants, great apes and sea turtles. h.r. 1454 would require the u.s. postal service to issue a multinational species conservation funds semipostal stamp to generate additional funding to support the wildlife grant programs under these funds. considering the high demand for grants under these programs and the fact that they commonly leverage three or four times as much funding from nonfederal contributions. this additional funding, mr. speaker, will be put to good use to protect these keystone species. with that i ask members on both sides to support the bill's passage. and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. brown: i thank
brown of south carolina. the multinational species conservation funds support conservation activities in a wide range of countries to protect, recover or restore threatened and endangered species. specifically tigers, rhineos, african elephants, asian elephants, great apes and sea turtles. h.r. 1454 would require the u.s. postal service to issue a multinational species conservation funds semipostal stamp to generate additional funding to support the wildlife grant programs under these funds....
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he wanted the glory of his own victory and to march north and punish south carolina because south carolina started the war. that is where fort sumter was in charleston and he wanted to march through south carolina and south carolina is where they did a lot of damage. not in georgia and certainly not in savannah. but the savannah people were fed and clothed and the people nearby who were having heart times discovered they could celebrate christmas, too because the union troops would help. the union soldiers sent out oxcarts in to the boondocks with food for the people, and before they left the tight twigs to the heads of oxen to make him look like reindeer. [laughter] let me stop there. you might have questions. all i should mention these two things before i forget. an artist in savannah gave me this portrait of sherman when i was there so now and then you pick up things you don't expect to, and also to my left and you're right is an unpublished letter of sherman's written on christmas day that belongs to someone who right here that belongs to david model. you're first name? >> joyce. j-o-y
he wanted the glory of his own victory and to march north and punish south carolina because south carolina started the war. that is where fort sumter was in charleston and he wanted to march through south carolina and south carolina is where they did a lot of damage. not in georgia and certainly not in savannah. but the savannah people were fed and clothed and the people nearby who were having heart times discovered they could celebrate christmas, too because the union troops would help. the...
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bandshell overbake a nice jewish boy from dylan, south carolina. who grew up in a nice town where his father and his uncle ran the local drugstore. he was known as a really smart kid in town. his sat scores were public information because they were so high. and he was very good at spelling, good enough to make the national spelling bee at the mayflower hotel here in washington where he bombed out on the word edelweiss. [laughter] >> it turned out there was no movie theater in dillon, south carolina, so he hadn't seen the sound of music. [laughter] >> he was probably going to end up at the university of south carolina or the university of north carolina, where his parents had gone. but for a uniquely american story, there was a guy in dillon, south carolina, six years older than ben bernanke, a black eye named ken manning. can mannings family had warm feelings toward the bernanke family because bernanke's drugstore gave credit to black people. and not all the other people and the vendors in that town would. in manning threw another american miracle
bandshell overbake a nice jewish boy from dylan, south carolina. who grew up in a nice town where his father and his uncle ran the local drugstore. he was known as a really smart kid in town. his sat scores were public information because they were so high. and he was very good at spelling, good enough to make the national spelling bee at the mayflower hotel here in washington where he bombed out on the word edelweiss. [laughter] >> it turned out there was no movie theater in dillon,...
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i have 12% unemployment in south carolina. my state's on its knees. i have 31% african-american population in south carolina. how did they get the 60th vote? it was the weekend before christmas and they were one vote short. well, here's what they did to get that one vote. they had a deal cooked up that no one knew about but the two people talking. there was no input from anybody other than the majority leader and the senator from nebraska. and after that meeting was over, they come up with a 380-page amendment to a 2,000-page bill. they file it yesterday. we make them read it -- hear about it for the first time yesterday. the majority leader fills up the tree so that there is no ability by any republican or democrat to amend their work product. and this is a transparent, new way of doing business? you cook up a deal in a backroom that essentially -- that's essentially sleazy, in my view, to allow one state to be held harmless for medicare enrollees to get that vote and make the rest of us go home and say, why can't you in south carolina and georgia ge
i have 12% unemployment in south carolina. my state's on its knees. i have 31% african-american population in south carolina. how did they get the 60th vote? it was the weekend before christmas and they were one vote short. well, here's what they did to get that one vote. they had a deal cooked up that no one knew about but the two people talking. there was no input from anybody other than the majority leader and the senator from nebraska. and after that meeting was over, they come up with a...
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isakson: well, like the senator from texas and the senator from south carolina and my senior senator from george george, we all represent -- the senator from georgia, we all represent the people that vote for us. and with regard to popularity and about the way people feel about this legislation, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to introduce into the record two letters, one from the medical association of georgia and one from a consolidated group of medical associations representing 92,000 physicians. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. isakson: and i want to tell what you these letters say. the first -- the first one is to me from president gary c. richter, the president of the georgia medical association -- medical association of georgia, who writes in great detail about the difficulties and the problems that they have with this legislation, beginning with its stonewall against tort reform by only putting in a demonstration project. and the senator from texas is aware of what tort reform can do because his state has made a great improvement in medical malpractice costs be
isakson: well, like the senator from texas and the senator from south carolina and my senior senator from george george, we all represent -- the senator from georgia, we all represent the people that vote for us. and with regard to popularity and about the way people feel about this legislation, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to introduce into the record two letters, one from the medical association of georgia and one from a consolidated group of medical associations representing 92,000...
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we'd like to welcome those of you watching south carolina. presented by pizza hut, the opening tip-off for miami and boston college. ♪ [ male announcer ] the day you give someone a lexus is just the first of many memories you'll make with it. [ children scream ] ♪ [ laughs ] the lexus december to remember sales event, with some of the best values of the year. special lease offers now available on the 2010 rx 350. now through january 4th. ♪ [ male announcer ] the day you give someone a lexus is just the first of many memories you'll make with it. [ children scream ] ♪ [ laughs ] the lexus december to remember sales event, with some of the best values of the year. special lease offers now available on the 2010 rx 350. now through january 4th. >>> boston college likes the month of december, can they make it 11 consecutive games? if they do, they have to do it this afternoon. along with jenn and mike, i'm ron. boston college is missing one of their players, sanders who played only four minutes. here's jenn. >> the bad news is he will not
we'd like to welcome those of you watching south carolina. presented by pizza hut, the opening tip-off for miami and boston college. ♪ [ male announcer ] the day you give someone a lexus is just the first of many memories you'll make with it. [ children scream ] ♪ [ laughs ] the lexus december to remember sales event, with some of the best values of the year. special lease offers now available on the 2010 rx 350. now through january 4th. ♪ [ male announcer ] the day you give someone a...
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the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. demint: i want to thank enzi for not just what he is saying today but throughout this whole debate for making very complex issues many simpler, so people can listen in to what is being said here and understand really what we're doing. it has been a frustrating process here dealing with this attempted government takeover of health care while the majority has us here on the floor debating us bill, they're behind a closed door over here creating a whole new bill and making periodic announcements about what might be in it. it's kind of like a magician, you know, who gets you looking at one hand while the sleight of hand is actually doing the magic with the other hand. and that's what we see happening here today. the majority wants to force this major piece of legislation through before christmas while people aren't paying attention, and in the middle of this, they have decided to take a break to expand spending at really unprecedented levels. i'm here right now to support senator mccain's
the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. demint: i want to thank enzi for not just what he is saying today but throughout this whole debate for making very complex issues many simpler, so people can listen in to what is being said here and understand really what we're doing. it has been a frustrating process here dealing with this attempted government takeover of health care while the majority has us here on the floor debating us bill, they're behind a closed door over here...
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i'm going to have a hard time going back to south carolina and say that our medicare rolls are going to expand by 500,000 people. 30% of my state is african- american. a lot of low-income people. a lot of particularly low-income african-americans. my state is at 12% unemployment. the matching portion for south carolina is going to increase by a billion dollars but if you live in nebraska, the new enrollees in medicaid there will be paid for by the federal government in perpetuity. i don't think most americans feel like that's a change that we can believe in. but that's just one problem. the assumption in this bill to get it to reducing the deficit is not going to happen. we're not going to cut medicare by $470 billion. four years ago we tried to reduce it by $10 billion and couldn't get the votes. that's an illusion. there's $247 billion of doctors' cuts to come over the next ten years. that wasn't factored in. >> ifill: there are a lot of americans who look at this and say this is what happens all the time on capitol hill. deals are cut. people benefit. what's unusual about this one
i'm going to have a hard time going back to south carolina and say that our medicare rolls are going to expand by 500,000 people. 30% of my state is african- american. a lot of low-income people. a lot of particularly low-income african-americans. my state is at 12% unemployment. the matching portion for south carolina is going to increase by a billion dollars but if you live in nebraska, the new enrollees in medicaid there will be paid for by the federal government in perpetuity. i don't think...
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number eight clemson hosting rival south carolina. grant throwing down the two. clemson a winner, 72-61. florida international taking on number 21 florida state. isaiah thomas and company. the golden panthers off a win last time out. no win here. finishing strong for fsu. they take care of it. 82-62. later tonight after the villanova/maryland game keep it right here for a full 30 minutes of the final score with all your nfl coverage including michael vick making his return to atlanta. until then back out to westwood for what should be an exciting second half between kansas and ucla. learn more at supportyourvet.org. >> okay, everyone, we have a lot to cover this morning. tim should be here any second with the latest budget numbers to -- uhh, take us through the initial... schedule... for production and..ndndndnd >> ouch. >> this is one way to avoid getting the h1n1 flu virus. >> oopsie daisy. >> all right. good morning! let's get this meeting started. >> for some better ways, visit flu.gov. [man sneezes] [groans] [groans] >>> the number one team in the nation the
number eight clemson hosting rival south carolina. grant throwing down the two. clemson a winner, 72-61. florida international taking on number 21 florida state. isaiah thomas and company. the golden panthers off a win last time out. no win here. finishing strong for fsu. they take care of it. 82-62. later tonight after the villanova/maryland game keep it right here for a full 30 minutes of the final score with all your nfl coverage including michael vick making his return to atlanta. until...
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. >> correct, from south carolina. >> now, what was his story? >> well, mcduffie was a protege of john c. calhoun, and john c. calhoun was a democrat but he was a southern democrat. and, well, he had very early during the jackson presidency flirted with the idea that states could secede from the union. jackson threatened to send troops down there. but the issue then was called nullification, which meant that states could nullify federal laws that they didn't like. jackson said, "no, that's tantamount to succession, essentially." and jackson said, "i'm sending troops down. i'll hang any traitors who try to rend this hallowed union." and he quashed the nullification movement. but those southerners, especially from south carolina, were very wary of the federal government, and mcduffie never really came to heel with regard to either jackson or polk. >> so what's the difference between the democratic party today and the democratic party you're writing about? >> well, the democratic party today in polk's day, the democratic party of polk's day was much
. >> correct, from south carolina. >> now, what was his story? >> well, mcduffie was a protege of john c. calhoun, and john c. calhoun was a democrat but he was a southern democrat. and, well, he had very early during the jackson presidency flirted with the idea that states could secede from the union. jackson threatened to send troops down there. but the issue then was called nullification, which meant that states could nullify federal laws that they didn't like. jackson...
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redshirt sophomore from south carolina. because of illness, he's had to play. he's only made one field goal this year. playing here for the final two minutes of this first half. whistle and a foul on the spartans. >> mike g.: the thing that smith has done is he's shaped up inside a little better. on the catch, he's getting to the rim a lot more quickly. waiting for the defense to come down and collapse on him. >> mike h.: brandon evans called for the foul, his first. it's the first miss from the free-throw line for nc state here in this first half. >> mike g.: the thing that tracy smith is doing much better this year is passsing out of double-team. we talked about him quickly and aggressively attacking the rim tonight. when he gets doubled, he's really able to find people on the perimeter. >> mike h.: here's cole back in the game. not a good pass from brandon evans. eighth turnover for unc greensboro in this first half. ben stywall will come out. elhanan bone in for stywall with the two personal fouls. 1:30 to go here in the first half. smith. strong move to th
redshirt sophomore from south carolina. because of illness, he's had to play. he's only made one field goal this year. playing here for the final two minutes of this first half. whistle and a foul on the spartans. >> mike g.: the thing that smith has done is he's shaped up inside a little better. on the catch, he's getting to the rim a lot more quickly. waiting for the defense to come down and collapse on him. >> mike h.: brandon evans called for the foul, his first. it's the first...
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south carolina. your on the air joshua. caller: thank you. the reason i do not spu sport it is we have to look at canada and how many people come here to have surgeries because of the back up system and this healthcare bill is like it. we all, mom l obama likes to qu áhe bible. what about daniel, i was born inside my mother's womb or quote about john the baptist when it says that the holy spirit will be within him inside the womb. which show this are human beings. um... - he is a coward. host: bob is next supporting legislation and calling us from virginia. bob, your on the air. caller: good morning. i spu supported the bill all the time and made numerous calls to pitch #or it but i'm disappointed that the public option is probably not going to be in it. and the medicine deal where we should have been able to buy the medical part of it from whatever, and aláz i think that women that pay taxes that are going to be paying for this ought to be able to have abortions if that's what you know, they pay taxes like everybody else and i don't feel s
south carolina. your on the air joshua. caller: thank you. the reason i do not spu sport it is we have to look at canada and how many people come here to have surgeries because of the back up system and this healthcare bill is like it. we all, mom l obama likes to qu áhe bible. what about daniel, i was born inside my mother's womb or quote about john the baptist when it says that the holy spirit will be within him inside the womb. which show this are human beings. um... - he is a coward. host:...
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but those southerners, especially from south carolina, were very wary of the federal government. mcduffy never really came to heal to regards to jackson or pole. >> what is the difference between the democratic party in that day and the democratic party today? >> it is closer to the republican party of today. the 20th century president mots like president was ronald reagan. the 20th century president most like jackson's main rival was franklin roosevelt. both great patriots -- clay and jackson. they hated each other and loved america. they had nothing but the greatest designs for america's future. clay believe in the concentration of power in washington. whereas jackson believes that power should be diffuse and spread out among the people as much as possible. that would talk about street construction -- all the democrats were in favor of strict construction of the constitution does the republican race today. or small government, that is a to republican -- that is a republican phrase today. >> what was the moment that led you to write a book about james polk? >> it is an opportuni
but those southerners, especially from south carolina, were very wary of the federal government. mcduffy never really came to heal to regards to jackson or pole. >> what is the difference between the democratic party in that day and the democratic party today? >> it is closer to the republican party of today. the 20th century president mots like president was ronald reagan. the 20th century president most like jackson's main rival was franklin roosevelt. both great patriots -- clay...
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south carolina. your on the air joshua. caller: thank you. the reason i do not spu sport it is we have to look at canada and how many people come here to have surgeries because of the back up system and this healthcare bill is like it. we all, mom l obama likes to qu áhe bible. what about daniel, i was born inside my mother's womb or quote about john the baptist when it says that the holy spirit will be within him inside the womb. which show this are human beings. um... - he is a coward. host: bob is next supporting legislation and calling us from virginia. bob, your on the air. caller: good morning. i spu supported the bill all the time and made numerous calls to pitch #or it but i'm disappointed that the public option is probably not going to be in it. and the medicine deal where we should have been able to buy the medical part of it from whatever, and aláz i think that women that pay taxes that are going to be paying for this ought to be able to have abortions if that's what you know, they pay taxes like everybody else and i don't feel s
south carolina. your on the air joshua. caller: thank you. the reason i do not spu sport it is we have to look at canada and how many people come here to have surgeries because of the back up system and this healthcare bill is like it. we all, mom l obama likes to qu áhe bible. what about daniel, i was born inside my mother's womb or quote about john the baptist when it says that the holy spirit will be within him inside the womb. which show this are human beings. um... - he is a coward. host:...
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i know i've got a home in south carolina. it's on a mountain top. we have a huge amount of wind up there. if you try to build a wind generator, you have a lot of people that will object to it. it doesn't cost 37 cents to really move a letter from new jersey to new york city. it probably costs less. but the average is 37 cents so someone request mail a letter from south dakota. that's great. we september that. that's the way it should be. if you do the same thing off the coastline of new jersey, that's going to undermine the economics from the east coast because it hasn't factored into cost of transmitting that energy 1500 miles all the way into the east coast market. the question becomes how many new jobs will be created alonching the east coast of the united states if there is no incentive any longer. because he's almost bound by his obligation to his share holders to take all of this inexpensive but subsidized energy. >> how do we square this circle so that others on the disincentive to produce renewables. >> broad based fair rates. the people usi
i know i've got a home in south carolina. it's on a mountain top. we have a huge amount of wind up there. if you try to build a wind generator, you have a lot of people that will object to it. it doesn't cost 37 cents to really move a letter from new jersey to new york city. it probably costs less. but the average is 37 cents so someone request mail a letter from south dakota. that's great. we september that. that's the way it should be. if you do the same thing off the coastline of new jersey,...
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south carolina, 110,949. these are senior citizens. south dakota, 8,973. tennessee, 233,024. texas, 532,242. my own state of utah, 85,588. vermont, only 3,966, but 3,000 people -- 4,000 people in vermont. virginia, 151,942. washington, 225,918. west virginia, 88,027. wisconsin, 243,443, and wyoming, 3,942. these are people who benefit from medicare advantage that would not like to get off of it. well, this choice in coverage has made a difference in the lives of more than almost 11 million people. 11 million individuals nationwide, families that benefit from this. the extra benefits that i had mentioned earlier are being portrayed as gym memberships as opposed to lower premiums, copayments and deductibles. let me read you some letters from my constituents. these are real lives being affected by the cuts contemplated in this bill. i'm going to have to get my reading glasses on. and you should see some of the beautiful handwriting. some of it is very shaky but beautiful, to me, anyway. from cedar city, utah. "senator hatch: i'm writing to you to request your help in preserving
south carolina, 110,949. these are senior citizens. south dakota, 8,973. tennessee, 233,024. texas, 532,242. my own state of utah, 85,588. vermont, only 3,966, but 3,000 people -- 4,000 people in vermont. virginia, 151,942. washington, 225,918. west virginia, 88,027. wisconsin, 243,443, and wyoming, 3,942. these are people who benefit from medicare advantage that would not like to get off of it. well, this choice in coverage has made a difference in the lives of more than almost 11 million...
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carolina. he holds the record with most points scored that game, that's 54 points. >> phil: he has been a streaky player in his three years in the nba. at times he is unstoppable player and putting up big numbers. he will go through numbers where he finds it lard to get a bucket. >> steve: jamison has the last 7 points for washington, 9 in the half. blatche fouls. >> phil: gilbert tried to do everything he could to stay in front of love. love goes right through him. there will be that position, a flop on gilbert's part. a lot of contact there. >> steve: sure is. it looks like a bull in a china shop. love will get one more shot. he only played one year at ucla. he misses the second. the wizards trail by 3. that's 14 points and 5 rebounds. the wizards turn it over. >> steve: turnover number 14 or washington who came into the game averaging 14 for the contest. >> phil: that was a play where earl took his eye off the ball. >> steve: knocked out-of-bounds by butler. new 24-second shot. >> phil: butl
carolina. he holds the record with most points scored that game, that's 54 points. >> phil: he has been a streaky player in his three years in the nba. at times he is unstoppable player and putting up big numbers. he will go through numbers where he finds it lard to get a bucket. >> steve: jamison has the last 7 points for washington, 9 in the half. blatche fouls. >> phil: gilbert tried to do everything he could to stay in front of love. love goes right through him. there will...
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those centers, especially from south carolina, where very wary of the federal government. make up the -- mcduffy never came to heal. the democratic party was much closer to the republican party today. i happen to believe that the 20th-century president that was most like jackson was ronald reagan. and the 20th century president who was most like jackson's rival, henry clay, was franklin roosevelt. they were both great patriots. they hated each other, but loved america. they had nothing but the greatest designs for america's future. clay believes in the concentration of power in washington. whereas jackson believes the power should beÑi spread out amg the people as much as possible. in those days they would talk about strict construction. all the democrats were in favor of strict constitution. that is a republican phrase today. small government is a government phrase. >> we should really throw out the labels. what was the moment that led you to write a book about james polk? >> i love that question because it gives me an opportunity to note that this was not my idea. the i
those centers, especially from south carolina, where very wary of the federal government. make up the -- mcduffy never came to heal. the democratic party was much closer to the republican party today. i happen to believe that the 20th-century president that was most like jackson was ronald reagan. and the 20th century president who was most like jackson's rival, henry clay, was franklin roosevelt. they were both great patriots. they hated each other, but loved america. they had nothing but the...
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the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. one minute. mr. demint: i would answer the questions by the senator just by suggesting that senator durbin, who wrote the amendment, perhaps may want to make a couple of comments about it because this is the mirror -- mr. durbin: are you yielding time? i don't understand how this amendment would work. if the senator happens to have a hurricane in his state and needs disaster aid and we put money in the bill, then do we have to question your motive for voting for the bill? i think it goes entirely too far and i support this effort to table. mr. demint: senator, this was the demint-durbin amendment. it is mirrored after the speaker -- speaker pelosi's bill. they have this rule in the house. they can make it workable. certainly the integrity of this body is worth considering. i would encourage my colleagues, at this point when the public is looking at us, asking for some trust and integrity, we can make this bill work. i -- i ask my colleagues to support my amendment and oppose the tabling motion. mr. b
the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. one minute. mr. demint: i would answer the questions by the senator just by suggesting that senator durbin, who wrote the amendment, perhaps may want to make a couple of comments about it because this is the mirror -- mr. durbin: are you yielding time? i don't understand how this amendment would work. if the senator happens to have a hurricane in his state and needs disaster aid and we put money in the bill, then do we have to question...
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south carolina and later on tonight, 9:00, css, course classic, k-state plays alabama.
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fox news sunday will include richard shelby and committee member and south carolina republican jim demint. on fox news sundayç pennsylvan democratic senator arlen spector and robert menendez. and the chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee chris van hollen. on "face the nation" you will have robert gibbs, house majority whip james clyburn and peter king the ranking member of the house homeland security member. and cnn state of the union hosted by john king will have secretary napolitano, andrew card and john podesto. and ed rendell and mitch daniels. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on c-span radio here in washington, d.c. nationwide on x.m. satellite channel 312 and on the web at c-span radio.org. and you can follow us on facebook and twitter. >> in the mid 1990's omar wasow was one of the 50 people po watch. he has helped found to charter school and explained new technologies. tonight he talks about his current studies at march srard and what is ahead -- at harvard and what is ahead. >> this thursday a day of distrib
fox news sunday will include richard shelby and committee member and south carolina republican jim demint. on fox news sundayç pennsylvan democratic senator arlen spector and robert menendez. and the chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee chris van hollen. on "face the nation" you will have robert gibbs, house majority whip james clyburn and peter king the ranking member of the house homeland security member. and cnn state of the union hosted by john king will have...
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hargrove the senior out of south carolina really counting on them to give them big things this year. he and reed will have to have big nights almost every ballgame. zeglinski. a long-range three. he dials it up. they have six points in the half, daymeon, and he has all of them on three-pointers. reed back the other way. the virginia a defense didn't get the payoff at the end of the reverse. jontel evans all the way. he had his shot blocked from behind by waller. nice. oh, and the block by sene. denied on his way to the hole. >> daymeon: you have to know where he is at. very good at blocking shots. also good for the other defenders for virginia. you can throw out more ball be sure when you have sene waiting in the back. >> matt: sene has three of virginia's four blocks in the ballgame. they really missed him when started the season on suspension. he is wac tonight and making his -- he is back tonight and making his presence felt. auburn with the two-point lead four minutes into the second half. >> okay, everyone, we have a lot to cover this morning. tim should be here any second with
hargrove the senior out of south carolina really counting on them to give them big things this year. he and reed will have to have big nights almost every ballgame. zeglinski. a long-range three. he dials it up. they have six points in the half, daymeon, and he has all of them on three-pointers. reed back the other way. the virginia a defense didn't get the payoff at the end of the reverse. jontel evans all the way. he had his shot blocked from behind by waller. nice. oh, and the block by sene....
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there are more foreign-born in new york state and people and south carolina. these are big states. we're not talking about little states. latinos now outnumber many places african americans and fairfax county virginia, we cross -- crossed the threshold where they are a leading minority group and they think by 2015 they will be 29% of the total population in the united states. the old black-white dichotomy, the way we thought about race is over. that is coming to an end. the population trends, emigration is taking care of it but also something else. interracial marriage. i grew up in the 1950's and '60's and i remember one day win "time" magazine came in our mailbox and there was a picture of a daughter of the secretary of state marrying a black man. that was extraordinarily controversial. that happened just a few months after the loving person is virginia case which i described at great lengths in the book. password 2004, the son of a president, a nephew, george p. bush son of the florida and governor, a hispanic, a biracial marrying a white woman in maine interestingly it is an in
there are more foreign-born in new york state and people and south carolina. these are big states. we're not talking about little states. latinos now outnumber many places african americans and fairfax county virginia, we cross -- crossed the threshold where they are a leading minority group and they think by 2015 they will be 29% of the total population in the united states. the old black-white dichotomy, the way we thought about race is over. that is coming to an end. the population trends,...
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the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. demint: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. demint: parliamentary inquiry, mr. president. does rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate provide that on a measure or motion to amend the senate rules, the necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the senators present and voting? the presiding officer: it does. mr. demint: further parliamentary inquiry. is it also the case that on numerous occasions, the senate has required a two-thirds cloture vote on bills that combine amendments to senate rules with other legislative provisions that do not amend the rules? the presiding officer: that would require a two-thirds vote. mr. demint: i have numerous examples here. we did it twice this year on senate bill 2349 and i could read those but i'll spare the chair all of these. i'm just trying to get at a concern we have here. am i correct that with respect to these bills, there was a combination of legislat
the presiding officer: the senator from south carolina. mr. demint: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to speak for ten minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. demint: parliamentary inquiry, mr. president. does rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate provide that on a measure or motion to amend the senate rules, the necessary affirmative vote shall be two-thirds of the senators present and voting? the presiding officer: it does. mr. demint: further...
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spratt of south carolina. mr. mccotter of minnesota. mr. royce of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, is recognized for 60 minutes. he is the designee of the minority leader. mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker, it is a treat to join you, my colleagues and fellow americans that might possibly be tuned in. this is the last day of school. the voting is done and yet the work is not done. in fact, america, among other things, is suffering from a considerbly high level of unemployment. and that was going to be the topic for this evening. i want to talk a little bit about employment, spending and the different ways, different theories that different people have as to how do you create jobs. and there are some theories out there that don't work very well and there are some that do work well and history tells us the difference between the two. i thought what i might do this evening is to start with something that which, in a way may seem fairly basic because most americans have plenty of common sense
spratt of south carolina. mr. mccotter of minnesota. mr. royce of california. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from missouri, mr. akin, is recognized for 60 minutes. he is the designee of the minority leader. mr. akin: thank you, mr. speaker, it is a treat to join you, my colleagues and fellow americans that might possibly be tuned in. this is the last day of school. the voting is done and yet the work is not done. in fact, america, among other things, is...
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in south carolina, 693 deaths. in south dakota, 88 deaths. in tennessee, 883 deaths. in the state of texas, 5,857 deaths each year for lack of health coverage. in utah, 342 deaths. in wyoming, 69 deaths. and on it goes. for those senators who have shown some reluctance or lack of interest in health care reform, i'm going to provide your names right now to go with your states. in alabama, i'm talking about jeff sessions, i'm talking about richard shelby. in alaska, lisa mruczkowski. in arizona, jon kyl and john mccain. in connecticut, joseph lieberman. in florida, george lemieux. in georgia, saxby chambliss and johnny isaacson. in idaho, mike crapo and james rich. in iowa, chuck grassley. in kansas, sam brownback and pat roberts. in kentucky, jim bunning and mitch mcconnell. in louisiana, david visiter. in maine, susan collins and olympia snowe. in mississippi,ed that cochran and roger wicker. in missouri, christopher bonn. in nebraska, mike johanns, in nevada john enson. in new hampshire, judd gregg. in north carolina, richard burke. in ohio, george voinovich. in okla
in south carolina, 693 deaths. in south dakota, 88 deaths. in tennessee, 883 deaths. in the state of texas, 5,857 deaths each year for lack of health coverage. in utah, 342 deaths. in wyoming, 69 deaths. and on it goes. for those senators who have shown some reluctance or lack of interest in health care reform, i'm going to provide your names right now to go with your states. in alabama, i'm talking about jeff sessions, i'm talking about richard shelby. in alaska, lisa mruczkowski. in arizona,...
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back to calls, little river, south carolina -- mark on the republican line. caller: good morning, pedro. i think this is your good job, brown the, moment. -- good job, brownie moment. she was governor of the state before -- nothing to do with homeland security. jim demint -- it is not true. he could bring up the tsa nominee when everyone's but he wanted a voice vote -- jim demint just once at an open debate about the man's qualifications. i believe the way we pass things is, get people where they want to go, you have to buddy, buddy up with obama and what obama wants. it is amazing that no one wants hearings on these people. we just put it and like all of our czars. 33. not a hearing or anything. just put it in. they are the best people for the job. unbelievable. the people fall for this. look at the people he is surrounded by. i just don't know -- people need to watch c-span the rest of the day. host: the netherlands, the hague, associate press saying the dutch government says failed christmas day airline attack was "professional but executed poorly." we do
back to calls, little river, south carolina -- mark on the republican line. caller: good morning, pedro. i think this is your good job, brown the, moment. -- good job, brownie moment. she was governor of the state before -- nothing to do with homeland security. jim demint -- it is not true. he could bring up the tsa nominee when everyone's but he wanted a voice vote -- jim demint just once at an open debate about the man's qualifications. i believe the way we pass things is, get people where...
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." >> this is a message from diana gutenberg in south carolina. "we set up the vietnam war memorial and thank you and god bless you this policies and." >> this is from jasmine ariola in fort worth, texas. "i am a student from carter riverside high school, in fort worth, texas. i want to thank you for defending our country. hopefully, the fighting ends best so you can go back home with the people you love. i wanted to know that i am so proud of you, jasmine." >> this is a card from misha lopez at alcohol and ballot by school. >> for all the men and women fighting for our country, do not forget your appreciated day-by- day and i wish you a merry christmas and happy new year. " " >> we are going to take the christmas tree down to the vietnam veterans memorial and once there, we will put these little messages on it. the trade barriers, at this time can -- the tree bearers can assemble for the sacred bearing of the tree. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] >> goleta this morning, a look at a report on paying for the war in afghanista
." >> this is a message from diana gutenberg in south carolina. "we set up the vietnam war memorial and thank you and god bless you this policies and." >> this is from jasmine ariola in fort worth, texas. "i am a student from carter riverside high school, in fort worth, texas. i want to thank you for defending our country. hopefully, the fighting ends best so you can go back home with the people you love. i wanted to know that i am so proud of you, jasmine."...
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and that's what this next guy does, the great senator from this state of south carolina, jim demint. [cheers and applause] >> wow! thank you. [cheers and applause] blight we need some reinforcement. thanks for being here today. [cheers and applause] it's great to gather not as republicans or democrats, but as americans who love our country, who cherish our freedoms and are willing to fight for it. thank you, folks, thanks for being willing to fight. you know, over a year ago, americans voted for a president who promised to cut taxes, cut spending, cut debt to stop -- [booing] -- stop earmarks. [booing] did he keep his promises? [booing] and did he promise to stimulus that would keep unemployment below 8%? now he is promising a health care bill that is going to cut costs and get more people into in short even though it isn't true. [booing] we have got to do everything we can to stop this health care bill because if we stop this health care bill we can stop his takeover of the american economy, and we cannot fall for any more of these promises that he has not kept. [cheers and applause
and that's what this next guy does, the great senator from this state of south carolina, jim demint. [cheers and applause] >> wow! thank you. [cheers and applause] blight we need some reinforcement. thanks for being here today. [cheers and applause] it's great to gather not as republicans or democrats, but as americans who love our country, who cherish our freedoms and are willing to fight for it. thank you, folks, thanks for being willing to fight. you know, over a year ago, americans...
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carolina, and tony morrow. let me say a word about the process will follow today. we will proceed first by asking tim johnson to describe how this book idea came about and what he and jerry hope to accomplish with it. will then turn to the palace to discuss the case is that explore in their chapter. they will tell us why they and explain what we can learn about oral arguments from the case. then we will open up the discussion to broader questions. >> thank you all for being here today. this project was the brainchild of jerry goldman and night. jerry is the founder and continuing controller of oyez .org. when the project is complete, it will lock all audio that was ever released by the u.s. supreme court. jerry and i began working in early 2000 together to study oral arguments, something for which both of us really have a passion. we thought that it would be good to try to bring this process to many more people. as you know, you can go to the supreme court to hear the arguments, but seating is very limited. you
carolina, and tony morrow. let me say a word about the process will follow today. we will proceed first by asking tim johnson to describe how this book idea came about and what he and jerry hope to accomplish with it. will then turn to the palace to discuss the case is that explore in their chapter. they will tell us why they and explain what we can learn about oral arguments from the case. then we will open up the discussion to broader questions. >> thank you all for being here today....
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you have a senator from south carolina who stood in the way of the tsa director being appointed for political reasons. that's not right at all. there are plenty of fingers and plenty of blame. the point is we should be on that and defending american people together and support american people. that's what i'm about. govenor: >> gwen: congressman i want to ask you what you think about the intelligence piece of this being a problem. particularly the central intelligent agencies being alertd in august about a unspecified nigerian they were keeping an eye on. now the pieces show the cia is under the magnifying glass as well. >> well we're going to need to lower the bar on who gets on the list to identified people who need secondary screening. i think the secondary screening would have caught these guys. there were whole body imaging machines in nigeria and amsterdam. we have to ask why those were not used. we need more from our international partners on screening. make sure they're communicating. of the 550,000 people on the watch list who is watching the people on the watch list it seems we mayb
you have a senator from south carolina who stood in the way of the tsa director being appointed for political reasons. that's not right at all. there are plenty of fingers and plenty of blame. the point is we should be on that and defending american people together and support american people. that's what i'm about. govenor: >> gwen: congressman i want to ask you what you think about the intelligence piece of this being a problem. particularly the central intelligent agencies being alertd...
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carolina, texas, utah, virginia, and washington. host: bedford, pa., mike who opposes the bill. caller: i'm a small-business owner. i have watched this whole thing. to me, the buying of boats and the back room deals, this is not what we signed up for. by temperament. that is represented by a congressman who went from being a republican to democrat. i do not want to see my kids and grandkids suffer for this. it has been a semi-honest about it. vote. i like the medicare thing. i don't have a problem with the public option. this is from a republican that owns a business. i have been pleased that i have to keep working and we are in the oil business. that is a tough business. host: majority leader harry reid is speaking from the senate floor. >> this place would not run as well without her working with the secretary of the minority and his entire group. they are wonderful people to work with even though sometimes this place becomes very partisan, the worked on lela davis is never partisan. finally, mr. president, i want to say a word ab
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carolina, a massachusetts senator. so we need to realize that american politics schwab filled with emotion and maybe the time when joe biden takes geithner across the potomac and kills him in a duel we'll have matched what byrd and hamilton felt for each other, so realize that ticks is a very important -- politics is a very important part of the business. and what's in the tool box or the gear shift for american legislation and when the congress looks at an issue, what can they really do? and they really have three things. congress is mostly a status quo, crisis activated Ñisystem. they're good in a crisis. we holler at them and it's messy watching them, but they're pretty good. 9/11, for president bush, came out with a tarp and $700 billion and number picked out of the air and admittedly picked out of the air, congress delivered, a lot of hollering, but they delivered. president obama shows up and he needs a stimulus, $700, $750 billion, out it goes. in a crisis, recently within the last year, congress has thrown $1.
carolina, a massachusetts senator. so we need to realize that american politics schwab filled with emotion and maybe the time when joe biden takes geithner across the potomac and kills him in a duel we'll have matched what byrd and hamilton felt for each other, so realize that ticks is a very important -- politics is a very important part of the business. and what's in the tool box or the gear shift for american legislation and when the congress looks at an issue, what can they really do? and...
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the matchi portion for south carolina igoing to increase by a billion dollars b if you live in nebraska, e new enrollees in medicaid there will be pa for by the federagovernment in peetuity. i dot think most americans feel like that's a change that we can believe in. buthat's just one problem. the assumpon in this bill to get it to redung the deficit isot going to happen. we're not going to cut medicare b$470 billion. fo years ago we tried to reduce iby $10 billion and codn't get the votes. that's an ilsion. thers $247 billion of doctors' cutto come over the next ten years. that wasn't factored i >> ifill: ere are a lot of americans who ok at this and say this is whatappens all the me on capitol hill. deals are cut. pele benefit. what's unusual about this on >> what's unusual about this is themerican public is tired of doing tt way of doing buness. theylected to president oba to change that. what happened tohe change you can believe in the one reason ihink he won more than all hers is he presented a fresh ce, a new way of doing busines the end of the day we've let the public down. we're
the matchi portion for south carolina igoing to increase by a billion dollars b if you live in nebraska, e new enrollees in medicaid there will be pa for by the federagovernment in peetuity. i dot think most americans feel like that's a change that we can believe in. buthat's just one problem. the assumpon in this bill to get it to redung the deficit isot going to happen. we're not going to cut medicare b$470 billion. fo years ago we tried to reduce iby $10 billion and codn't get the votes....
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number 18, clemson beat south carolina 72-61, that game came on the air before our game and florida state, a winner also today. and to jenn. >> jenn: this guy has seen a lot of basketball. the associate commissioner for basketball operations, carl hicks, thanks for joining us, tell us about your week and where you've been. >> this was a big week for the acc and big ten and the supervisor officials and i divide the games up. i was out in indiana nor the maryland, indiana game and next day went to wisconsin for the duke wisconsin game and flew back to the 0 office to take care of things then to the championship game in tampa and conference opener in boston a. busy week. >> jenn: you have a lot of miles. what have you been impressed with so far from what you've seen of the a krrcc basketball teams? one thing, what i've seen the race for the top team in the league is wide open. we have a lot of quality teams, 1 through 7, 8, 9. this game today is an example of that. boston college seems like they're getting ready to put it away, miami clause and scraps, typical conference game fashion, get ba
number 18, clemson beat south carolina 72-61, that game came on the air before our game and florida state, a winner also today. and to jenn. >> jenn: this guy has seen a lot of basketball. the associate commissioner for basketball operations, carl hicks, thanks for joining us, tell us about your week and where you've been. >> this was a big week for the acc and big ten and the supervisor officials and i divide the games up. i was out in indiana nor the maryland, indiana game and...
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carolina and florida. florida lost other day though for the first time. >> marcus: varnado, can i see him in an nba camp just really opening the eyes of some coach because of all this activity. jarvis. >> steve: lee picks it off and malcolm, a nice drive to the hoop, and that was strong by malcolm lee. >> marcus: going to the hole. i don't know if it will ever happen, but i'd like to see him being able to try and use that kind of ability from maybe a force with space to operate and off the dribble going to the basket jarvis. >> steve: the bruins have a lot of players that need to get in that weight room? >> marcus: yeah, tyler honeycutt, malcolm lee could use some more strength and right here coming at you, a nice little stutter going left and getting the defense to bite and explosion going to his right and his athleticism really amps up two or three notches, malcolm lee. flat-footed, you don't see it. jarvis. >> steve: this tame ravern johnson simply lost the basketball through his hands and fired it over
carolina and florida. florida lost other day though for the first time. >> marcus: varnado, can i see him in an nba camp just really opening the eyes of some coach because of all this activity. jarvis. >> steve: lee picks it off and malcolm, a nice drive to the hoop, and that was strong by malcolm lee. >> marcus: going to the hole. i don't know if it will ever happen, but i'd like to see him being able to try and use that kind of ability from maybe a force with space to...
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there was violence in rock hill, south carolina. however, when the hour live in alabama on sunday, may 14th, which was mother's day, all hell broke loose. a bus a riding in an dustin was set upon by the mall. its tires slashed and forced off the road. at which point someone threw a firebomb in the boss and blocked the door preventing flood freedom riders from getting out. the almost burned to death before they managed to ease it. later that same day when a second group of freedom riders got off the bus in birmingham they were set upon by a mob and beaten for several minutes before the police showed up. where were the police? she said later he had given him the day off so they could spend it with their mothers. after these two tax the freedom rides basically collapsed. but the effort was revived by reinforcements from the national student movement. i'm skipping over a lot of history here that you can read in the book freedom rides and other books like developer stan's, "the children,," and rip will talk about this when he gets up her
there was violence in rock hill, south carolina. however, when the hour live in alabama on sunday, may 14th, which was mother's day, all hell broke loose. a bus a riding in an dustin was set upon by the mall. its tires slashed and forced off the road. at which point someone threw a firebomb in the boss and blocked the door preventing flood freedom riders from getting out. the almost burned to death before they managed to ease it. later that same day when a second group of freedom riders got off...
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chambliss: i thank my colleague from south carolina, senator graham, for his really thoughtful process that we went through and thinking through the loser pays bill and the amendment that we have filed here, and just like you, i haven't practiced law for 26 years before i was elected to the house the same year you were and then we were elected over year. i tried plaintiffs' cases as well as defendants' cases. i never represented a defendant in a malpractice case. i was always on the other side, and i have great sympathy for individuals who are wronged by a physician who is negligent. and you and i agree that anybody who is the victim of negligent action ought to have their day in court, and that's what we provide for under our bill. there is absolutely no question about the fact that anybody who is subject to negligent acts on the part of a physician, that they can have their day in court, and they should have their day in court if that's what they decide they want to do. but under a loser pays provision like we have designed here, we can eliminate hopefully the frivolous lawsuits that
chambliss: i thank my colleague from south carolina, senator graham, for his really thoughtful process that we went through and thinking through the loser pays bill and the amendment that we have filed here, and just like you, i haven't practiced law for 26 years before i was elected to the house the same year you were and then we were elected over year. i tried plaintiffs' cases as well as defendants' cases. i never represented a defendant in a malpractice case. i was always on the other side,...
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but when the senator from south carolina said publicly that if we can bring down this health care plan, we will present the waterloo for president obama. so what they're seeking is a political victory. they're not seeking to help people who are desperate. more people are worried about the loss of their health insurance than they are about their jobs. because the job of some sort often can be available. but if you lose your health care, if you have a condition that -- that an insurance company -- isn't going to cover it, you're in deep trouble. so i plead with my colleagues. i plead with the people across our country who may hear our voices to protest -- protest this assault against logic, this assault against those who need help, those who understand that government can be better. mr. president, i was a young boy when i enlisted in the army, 18. he was 43 years old when he was diagnosed with cancer. he was a healthy man. he used to work in th out in thd all those thing, take care of himself. but cancer overtook him. 13 months of ill, painful illness because they didn't have the materia
but when the senator from south carolina said publicly that if we can bring down this health care plan, we will present the waterloo for president obama. so what they're seeking is a political victory. they're not seeking to help people who are desperate. more people are worried about the loss of their health insurance than they are about their jobs. because the job of some sort often can be available. but if you lose your health care, if you have a condition that -- that an insurance company...
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well, presbyterian is in clinton, south carolina, about 45 minutes south of greenville, established over 100 years ago. enrollment of 1,200 and the nickname blue hose and symbol scottsman straight from the movie "braveheart." if you've seen braveheart now you know what it is. bill: the public relations from sports information, but actually back in 1915, what happened was they changed their uniforms to blue. and they had blue stockings. and a local writer started calling them the blue stockings and then that was changed to the blue hose and it was officially adopted by the students in 1950 and then they kind of looked around and said, what is a blue hose? and they found that scott-irish fierce warrior and that's what they have now. a bunch of guys that are warriors. matt: very similar, the georgia tech yellowjackets. people think they're named after that, that's evolved over the years. they became the georgia tech yellow jackets because 100 years ago, the guys on the sidelines were wearing those yellow jackets. there you go. yellow jackets. the blue hose story about the scottsman and ever
well, presbyterian is in clinton, south carolina, about 45 minutes south of greenville, established over 100 years ago. enrollment of 1,200 and the nickname blue hose and symbol scottsman straight from the movie "braveheart." if you've seen braveheart now you know what it is. bill: the public relations from sports information, but actually back in 1915, what happened was they changed their uniforms to blue. and they had blue stockings. and a local writer started calling them the blue...
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and high winds blew over mobile homes in south carolina. and in the northeast, snow began falling last night and continued into the morning. commuters in new jersey were among many thousands who faced a treacherous trip. >> i probably did about 30 miles per hour the entire time, i have automatic four wheel drive, but other cars in front of me kept spinning out. >> reporter: the storm system was expected to cross maine tonight and begin making its way into the atlantic by tomorrow. >> sreenivasan: the u.s. general who executed the troop surge in iraq warned today afghanistan will be tougher in some ways. general david petraeus now leads the u.s. central command. he told a senate hearing he expects to see progress, albeit slowly, as 30,000 additional u.s. troops deploy. >> afghanistan is no more hopeless than iraq was when i took command there in february 2007. indeed, the level of violence and number of violent civilian deaths in iraq were vastly higher than we have seen in afghanistan. but achieving progress in afghanistan will be hard, and
and high winds blew over mobile homes in south carolina. and in the northeast, snow began falling last night and continued into the morning. commuters in new jersey were among many thousands who faced a treacherous trip. >> i probably did about 30 miles per hour the entire time, i have automatic four wheel drive, but other cars in front of me kept spinning out. >> reporter: the storm system was expected to cross maine tonight and begin making its way into the atlantic by tomorrow....
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and with kentucky frank mcguire did it with north and south carolina. >> kyle: he did a good job of ijusting the philosophy. he said in memphis he ran the dribble drive. he has patterson and you can see the win totals. he has the inside presence. he's adjusted and going 40% with the dribble drive and doing more sets to feed the low post. 15 more than roy williams. fraley picked up the foul. >> kyle: what the offense does, it allows young players to use individual skills. you don't see the pick, cut to this and that spot. you play and the read offense. how many times do we see the high school players that struggle in college because once they get in the structure -- >> matt: kentucky knocks the lid off the basket. wildcats trying to turn up the pressure with the full court defense. 10-point lead after austin peay trailing by 14 at the half. cut it to six. shot clock. dodson got a piece of it. has it on the break. slow it down and lost it out of bounds. wants to take a bite out of it. john calipari. the perfect match for this kentucky job. came in. showman. salesman. loves basketball. loves to
and with kentucky frank mcguire did it with north and south carolina. >> kyle: he did a good job of ijusting the philosophy. he said in memphis he ran the dribble drive. he has patterson and you can see the win totals. he has the inside presence. he's adjusted and going 40% with the dribble drive and doing more sets to feed the low post. 15 more than roy williams. fraley picked up the foul. >> kyle: what the offense does, it allows young players to use individual skills. you don't...
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how about the senator from oklahoma or the senator from south carolina? well, i'm sorry. i feel sorry the republicans are all split up. they have not done their own homework, to pull their own senators together for something positive. so what they have done is they have pulled together to say no, to try to kill the reform bill that we have worked so hard on all year. now, we extended a hand. now, if we had really wanted to ace out the republicans, we would have followed their lead and what they did in 2001 when they ran through that tax cut for the wealthy. they did it on reconciliation so we couldn't filibuster it, so we couldn't have any debate on it. that's what they did. that's what they did. we didn't do it that way. president obama said we want to hold the olive branch out, we want to work with republicans, so that's what we tried to do. under the leadership of senator dodd on our committee, we had numerous meetings with republicans. we had a markup session that lasted 13 days, 54 hours. we accepted 161 of their amendments. and in the end, everyone on the republican
how about the senator from oklahoma or the senator from south carolina? well, i'm sorry. i feel sorry the republicans are all split up. they have not done their own homework, to pull their own senators together for something positive. so what they have done is they have pulled together to say no, to try to kill the reform bill that we have worked so hard on all year. now, we extended a hand. now, if we had really wanted to ace out the republicans, we would have followed their lead and what they...
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. >> the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson, is recognized for five minutes. >> general, ambassador, thank you very much for being here today. i have a special appreciation of your commitment as a member of congress i'm grateful to be the co-chair of the afghan caucus, i appreciate your hospitality, the briefings that i've had with both of you. i just have great faith in your service. also, i'm very happy that we share that our army careers began together in the 1970s and so i appreciate, as a veteran, your service but more particularly, as a parent i've got four sons serving in the military of the united states today. i'm very grateful for their service and military service means a lot to our family. and that's why i want military families to know that i have faith in your integrity, i have faith in your ability. you truly are looking out for the troops as i believe you're going to be victorious in this second surge, where we will be defeating the terrorists to protect american families at home. on tuesday, i was honore
. >> the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson, is recognized for five minutes. >> general, ambassador, thank you very much for being here today. i have a special appreciation of your commitment as a member of congress i'm grateful to be the co-chair of the afghan caucus, i appreciate your hospitality, the briefings that i've had with both of you. i just have great faith in your service. also, i'm very happy that we share that our army careers began together in the 1970s and so...
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for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: madam speaker, this week i stood with my colleagues to introduce a bill to audit stimulus funds. it's time for congress to demand answers on behalf of the hardworking taxpayers that we represent. the misnamed stimulus is one of the largest spending bills in our nation's history. it is critical that american taxpayers know the facts. this is the people's money, not the government's money. it is wrong that a well-connected democrat pollsster received $6 million to preserve just three jobs when we could provide jobs for dozens of families. i urge speaker pelosi to consider our legislation to ensure full accountability of every dollar spent. i first sent a letter to the president asking him to implement the recovery panel that the stimulus bill provides. the request went unanswer
for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: madam speaker, i ask permission to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: madam speaker, this week i stood with my colleagues to introduce a bill to audit stimulus funds. it's time for congress to demand answers on behalf of the hardworking taxpayers that we represent. the misnamed stimulus is...
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host: barry from south carolina, good morning. caller: i'm very happy that the healthcare bill is going for ward. i don't think that the abortion or the public option issues should derail it. it is more important than that. if the bill goes all the way through how with the supreme court weigh in? i'm sure that republicans will try to defeat this until the very end. guest: i will lay out with the next steps are over the next decade. i will begin with the short term. first, the senate will probably pass the bill, then go into negotiations with the house that will produce a conference report both sides will vote on. will send it to the president who will likely sign it. once the president signs it there is the rule-making and administrative processes. most do not spell out in exact terms with the bill does. it is specific, but when it comes down to implementation it goes to the administrative level. they do rule-making, going to the nitty gritty. a huge amount of the policy process happens at that level. then many of these programs w
host: barry from south carolina, good morning. caller: i'm very happy that the healthcare bill is going for ward. i don't think that the abortion or the public option issues should derail it. it is more important than that. if the bill goes all the way through how with the supreme court weigh in? i'm sure that republicans will try to defeat this until the very end. guest: i will lay out with the next steps are over the next decade. i will begin with the short term. first, the senate will...
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host: myrtle beach, south carolina. good morning. caller: i just have a couple of comments. it just amazes me that when it comes to health care, there is almost no question -- i apologize, when it comes to war and spending there is no question of the amount the taxpayers of this country are asked but when it comes to caring and loving and nurturing the people of this country with health care, all of a sudden everybody is watching their budget. the second, and of course is that it just amazes me -- and i hope independents and democrats in the senate can look past this diversion because there is no bigger intrusion the federal government can get in anyone's life, telling a woman when she cannot and can have a job. that is not the government -- nothing but sex is appeared guest: vincent, in terms of your statement on the budget. here is what i would tell you. under the most rosy picture of this year, the obama administration will have a deficit of $1 trillion. i am not talking about the total deficit of this country. i am talking about how much this budget this year does not ma
host: myrtle beach, south carolina. good morning. caller: i just have a couple of comments. it just amazes me that when it comes to health care, there is almost no question -- i apologize, when it comes to war and spending there is no question of the amount the taxpayers of this country are asked but when it comes to caring and loving and nurturing the people of this country with health care, all of a sudden everybody is watching their budget. the second, and of course is that it just amazes me...
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next up is rock hill, south carolina, go ahead. caller: i feel that the regulations they are passing are not designed to put big constraint on wall street. it is not only the financial aspect of the way these companies are going. they have been given the right to act as human beings for the 14th amendment. this amendment almost makes them human but they never have any kind of regulations that would cause them to fear actions -- to fear the most of their actions. they do something wrong, they cannot go to prison. you have corporations to file and pollute areas and they are not responsible in the same manner as a human being. by trying to regulate them for more regulation, they will find more loopholes and more expenditures for lawyers to keep them from having to bother with these things. you have to wait three or four years to touch their money and they still have migrated to is an illusion that they are trying to present to the general public. host: if the regulation does not go far enough, what would go far enough, in your mind? c
next up is rock hill, south carolina, go ahead. caller: i feel that the regulations they are passing are not designed to put big constraint on wall street. it is not only the financial aspect of the way these companies are going. they have been given the right to act as human beings for the 14th amendment. this amendment almost makes them human but they never have any kind of regulations that would cause them to fear actions -- to fear the most of their actions. they do something wrong, they...
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and that's what this next guy does, the great senator from this state of south carolina, jim demint. [cheers and applause] >> wow! thank you. [cheers and applause] blight we need some reinforcement. thanks for being here today. [cheers and applause] it's great to gather not as republicans or democrats, but as americans who love our country, who cherish our freedoms and are willing to fight for it. thank you, folks, thanks for being willing to fight. you know, over a year ago, americans voted for a president who promised to cut taxes, cut spending, cut debt to stop -- [booing] -- stop earmarks. [booing] did he keep his promises? [booing] and did he promise to stimulus that would keep unemployment below 8%? now he is promising a health care bill that is going to cut costs and get more people into in short even though it isn't true. [booing] we have got to do everything we can to stop this health care bill because if we stop this health care bill we can stop his takeover of the american economy, and we cannot fall for any more of these promises that he has not kept. [cheers and applause
and that's what this next guy does, the great senator from this state of south carolina, jim demint. [cheers and applause] >> wow! thank you. [cheers and applause] blight we need some reinforcement. thanks for being here today. [cheers and applause] it's great to gather not as republicans or democrats, but as americans who love our country, who cherish our freedoms and are willing to fight for it. thank you, folks, thanks for being willing to fight. you know, over a year ago, americans...